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Do not decrease bounty from 100% to 95%, and maybe ESS idea will live.
Other way nobody will use it. And DEVs will lose respect from many carebears.

Or... should we block Jita again, lol?

None of which upholds the assertion that those professions are dead. Wildly popular and widely done, yes... but not dead.

I fully agree with this post, the module should be sec status independent and deployable everywhere. It might spawn a new micro profession in which pilots fly around known mission hubs looking for these modules to destroy or even deploying them themselves.

Also I've never supported those who argue that highsec is better than null sec (and as such high sec needs a nerf) but this does seem like a kick in the teeth to null sec to me if thay is the only region that they can be deployed in. Can we have a dev response as to why these units can only be deployed in null sec. Other than that I like the unit and the thinking behind it, I just wish we could deploy them everywhere.

Looking forward to these as a way to maybe force a fight from bears who usually dock up untill i leave system.

Since you'll know EXACTLY where that ceptor will be, and will even get a notification when he starts his rounds, you would have to be completely inept to not be able to lay a trap and kill him.

Or flip that coin and plant your own module in someone elses ratting space. You KNOW they'll show up to kill it.

Seriously... think about the possibilities. The value of these module lies beneath the surface.

Came here to say this; remove the notification to give the hacker a fighting chance though.

And you're utterly missing the point which is that nobody would want to.

interceptors dont cloak, they just cant be bubbled and have the highest speed of any ship in eve. they can get in system, align, and warp before you start getting your ship aligned. dscan allows them to bounce around and see if anything is on the ess that could hurt them fast enough. if they fit a cyno they can bring in people to drop whoever was dumb enough to sit in the bubble trying to defend the ess. if no one is in the bubble all they have to do is get in right click take all warp out. being a frigate they might not even be locked in time. so pretty much in order for a nullsec group to use it they have to have guys sit in antifrigate ships and have backup on hand incase of a drop. the benefit of using one will never be enough for a group to go through all that effort, so let's call it what it is a nerf to null sec income and a shiny new deployable warp bubble.

Simple minds.....

Others have brought up several valid concerns:

1.) Response Times: I love giving roaming gangs the opportunity to mess with ratters that don't defend their space. On one level, that is exactly what this does. Unfortunately, it doesn't give the locals enough time to actually form up a response to the incoming fleet. 20 seconds access time is frankly, way, way, way to short. Hell, 75% of ships in the game couldn't warp on grid before the ESS is accessed. Furthermore, once it is accessed and the take all feature is implemented, the ESS is reset to no longer give its full reward. Next, the locals get an extra 40s to respond before the ESS dumps the isk-tags. To be quite frank, that's 60-90s to respond to a hostile interceptor entering the system, warping straight to the ESS beacon, and snagging the bounty payouts. If you have someone in combat fit dessie/frig ready to go, you can respond timely, but in most circumstances a pilot has to warp to a POS/station, swap ships, and then get to the ESS to defend it, and 90 seconds is no where near enough time to respond. To be quite frank, the "access time" needs to be increased to the point that the locals can form up and defend it. If they don't have time to defend it, the risks for using it will completely negate the rewards for using it. This MUST be addressed. I would recommend 3-5 minutes to access the item, and another 3-5 minutes before the isk-tag drops. This way the locals have time to form up and defend it, and perhaps battle for the loot.

2.) Risk vs Reward: The new baseline is 95% of the bounties on the rats. Your risk (immediate loss) if you deploy one of these: 15.7% of your new income level. Your reward if you keep it online: 10.5%. To put this in terms, you give me $15 dollars now, and I will attempt to give you back $25 dollars later if everything works out. The primary issue is, these are very risky in their current form, meaning the reward may not be high enough to bother with the hassle. Fruthermore, when scamming other players, isn't the norm to double the money. Meaning it should pay out 110% at the minimum.